Business Briefs: Double Cola adds Georgia

Business Briefs: Double Cola adds Georgia

September 10th, 2013by Staff Reports and Wire Service in Business Around the Region

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Double Cola adds Georgia

The Double Cola Co. is hitting close to its corporate home in Chattanooga with a new partnership with the Atlanta Beverage Co. to distribute Double Cola products in northwest Georgia. Atlanta Beverage will revive Double Cola's history in Rome, Ga., where Double Cola was initially distributed from one of its first bottling plants. Double Cola is heralding its return to the area with a "We Are Back" campaign.

"We are really excited to have our brands back in the Rome market area," said Mitch Reed, Double Cola's director of sales.

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